Barasat flyover shut for urgent repairs Kolkata: The Barasat flyover, which connects NH 12 with Jessore Road and Taki Road, was shut on Wednesday afternoon for urgent repairs and a structural health inspection. It will stay shut till Aug 13, raising concerns of severe traffic jams in Barasat town and adjoining areas.PWD officials said cracks…
Kolkata: The Calcutta HC on Wednesday dismissed the Tollywood dispute case after the state in its report informed that no further complaints were received.The additional secretary of I&CA department submitted the report.Multiple directors had moved the HC, alleging their work was being obstructed by the Federation of Cine Technicians and Workers of Eastern India (FCTWEI)….
Kolkata: A gold jewellery manufacturing company registered a criminal complaint with Girish Park Police Station.In its complaint, the firm has alleged that two freelance artisans misappropriated gold bullion worth around Rs 3.5 crore.According to the complaint,the company employs freelance artisans and contractors to make ornaments on a returnable job-work basis.A manufacturing agreement was signed in…
Kolkata: The Kasba assembly constituency is likely to see the steepest increase in the number of civic wards — from six to 17 — in the delimitation exercise planned by the state govt for Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC).Among the other assembly seats that are likely to gain a significant number of wards are Behala West…
Kolkata: On Bengal police’s instruction, at least 1,279 loudspeakers have been removed from mosques and 199 from temples over the past two days for violating prescribed noise limits. The majority of dismantling has happened in North Bengal, where 1,238 loudspeakers have been taken down from mosques and 117 from temples.Senior police officers confirmed the ongoing…
Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari at the Watgunge Police Station Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari at the fire brigade headquarters Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari at the Watgunge Police Station Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari at the fire brigade headquarters Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari at the Watgunge Police Station Kolkata: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari, who heads the state home…
Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Tuesday acquitted two men convicted of the murder of a 16-year-old girl in East Midnapore while observing that ‘extrajudicial confession by a co-accused alone cannot be the basis for convicting a person’.Sk Rafijul alias Tutul and Ukil Ali alias Akil Ali were convicted on Jan 24 and 25, 2024, by…
Police posting outside TMC party office on Sadananda Road Kolkata: Trinamool Congress alleged “political high-handedness” after a former councillor’s office on Sadananda Road in ward 83, Kalighat, was ransacked. On Tuesday night, Trinamool MLA Kunal Ghosh claimed on Facebook that BJP-backed miscreants had attacked and vandalised the office of former councillor Prabir Kumar Mukhopadhyay in…
Kolkata: National Commission for Women (NCW) chief Vijaya Rahatkar, right, with West Bengal Minister Dilip Ghosh during the ‘Sashakt Sakhi, Samriddh Bharat’, a capacity-building programme for Women Self-Help Groups (SHGs), in Kolkata Kolkata: Before disbursing fresh loans, Bengal govt will conduct an audit of self-help groups that have taken such loans earlier, panchayats and rural…
Bengali industrialist Prasoon Mukherjee with Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) secretary Cristina Roque Kolkata: Singapore-based Universal Success Enterprises (USEL), led by Bengali industrialist Prasoon Mukherjee, is exploring investments in the Philippines in renewable energy and logistics parks as the govt promotes the country as a regional digital infrastructure hub. This would be one of…
